A LAYWOMAN’S TAKE ON POPE FRANCIS’ HIGH ALTITUDE PRESS CONFERENCE

This was a comment from a former parishioner of mine commenting on my Facebook post on this topic:

I’m a bit surprised to hear the Pope’s statements, to me it sounds unclear, as if the 2 issues are equivalent in gravity. I think the Catholic Catechism is pretty clear on this.

Abortion Catholic Catechism 2258, 2261, 2263, 2270-2274, 2322-2323 Abortion is never ok, no matter the reason.

Voting CC 2240 - must exercise the right to vote with educated decision

Immigration CC 2241 - migrants must follow laws of adopting country and country has right to support its own citizens and have laws regarding migration 

Also, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s 1974 “Declaration on Procured Abortion,” declared that “the first right of the human person is his life. He has other goods and some are more precious, but this one is fundamental —  the condition of all the others. Hence it must be protected above all others.”  https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html